Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986
This notice concerns land at 88 Pilkington Road, Panmure, Auckland, and Maori claims under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.
The land at 88 Pilkington Road, Panmure, Auckland, is described in legal terms as all that parcel of land containing 1338 square metres, more or less, being Allotment
35, Section 3, Small Lots near the Village of Panmure and being part Block II, Otahuhu Survey District and being all the land comprised and described in certificate of title 87A/205 (North Auckland Registry).
The land was once owned by the Crown.
It was transferred to a State-Owned Enterprise under the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986.
There is a special notice or "memorial" on the certificate of title for the land which provides that, if the Waitangi Tribunal recommends it, the land shall be resumed by the Crown and returned to Maori ownership (see sections
27A and 27B of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986).
The current owners of the land, ROBERT VERNON MURRAY, BRUCE REGINALD SIMPSON and JOHN LUTHER MURRAY, have applied to the Waitangi Tribunal to have this notice removed.
The application has been made under section 8D of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.
ANY MAORI PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT THEY, OR ANY GROUP WHICH THEY BELONG TO, HAS A CLAIM TO MAKE TO THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL ABOUT THIS LAND SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR CLAIM TO THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL BEFORE THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL 2001.
Section 6 of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 describes what a claim is.
Claims may be posted or sent to the Registrar, Waitangi Tribunal, Seabridge House, 110 Featherston Street
(P.O. Box 5022), Wellington.
If no claim about this land is made to the Waitangi Tribunal before the 24th day of April 2001, then the tribunal may recommend that the land no longer be liable to be resumed by the Crown and returned to Maori ownership under section 27B of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986.
Dated at Auckland this 20th day of December 2000.
Inserted by:
MAURICE J. BURNEY, Solicitor for the Applicants,
7 Lagoon Drive, Panmure, Auckland. Telephone: (09) 527 1311. Facsimile: (09) 527 1411.
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